Ezra Rutty Sr (1741 - 1812)

Born 14 Sep 1741 in Killington, New London Connecticut

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1812 at about age 70 in Towanda,Bradford County, Pennsylvania,USA

Biography

Ensign Ezra Rutty Sr served with Dutchess County New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Ezra Rutty Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A098763.

Birth

He was born on 14 September 1741in Killington, New London Connecticut. He was the son of Samuel and Patience Rutty. ^{[1] [2]}

Family

He married Mary Simmons in 1762.^[3]

Together they had ten children: ^[4]

1. Ann
2. Deborah
3. Orrilla
4. Martha
5. Samuel
6. Rebecka
7. Sara
8. Ester
9. Ezra

Ezra Rutty's Home

Military Service

He was an ensign in the 3rd Regiment of Ductchess County, New York Militia serving under Captain Ichabod Ward and Colonel John Field. ^[3]

Death

He died in 1812 in Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and is buried in Riverside Cemetery ^[5][6]

Veteran Burial Card

Sources

1. ↑ Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 163 : 1921 Source InformationAncestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22092338?h=2825d2
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74R-L3D : 7 January 2020), Samuel Rutty in entry for Ezra Rutty, 1741.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 19 Nov 2020), "Record of Ezra Rutty", Ancestor # A098763.
4. ↑ Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice/Will of Ezra RUTTY http://www.joycetice.com/document/ruttywil.htm
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 November 2020), memorial page for Ezra Rutty Sr. (1741–1812), Find a Grave Memorial no. 68949476, citing Riverside Cemetery, Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Nan (contributor 46824729
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data: Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777–2012. Digital Images, 3–5. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22098907?h=e86806

See Also

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:372T-QDC : accessed 2016-07-13), entry for Ezra /Rutty/.
• New York in the Revolution https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48346/images/NYRevolution-000513-280?pId=304121
• History of Bradford County https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/20777/images/dvm_LocHist006863-00262-1?ssrc=pt&treeid=154593196&personid=342139370989&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=434
• Roster of Revolutionary Ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the Revolution https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/29740/images/dvm_LocHist013467-00285-0?pId=546

Research Notes

• Genealogy.com [1]

Ezra Rutty (son of Samuel Rutty and Patience Wright) was born September 14, 1741 in Dutchess County, New York, USA, and died May 02, 1812 in N. TowandaTwp, Bradford, Pa.He married Anna Mary Simons on 1762, daughter of Joshua Simons and Mary Badcock.Includes NotesNotes for Ezra Rutty: BIOGRAPHY: Military Service 1778. 3rd Regiment, Dutches Co, NY First permanent settler on Surgar Creek, Pa Commoon Wealth of Pennsylvania,Record of Burial Burial Place of Veteran, Bradford Co, Plate 1 Department of Military Affairs Ezra Rutty Sr, Veteran of the Revolutionary War, Served iin the Army in the year 1778 Capt. Wards Co. 3rd regiment, Dutchess Co.,NY Malita, at the rank of Ensign Cemetery or place of internment, Riverside Cemetery, Towanda Bor# 17 Section lot #, E-83 , Grave # 43 Information Given By,Project No.- 24377-27798 Feb 13 1940 - Oct-9-1941 Ezra Ruttyof German descent, who served as an ensign (1778) in Capt. Ichabod Ward's compant, 3rd Regiment, Dutchess County, NY Militia came from Pawlings precinct, Dutchess, Countyto North Towanda, 17 85, being the first permanent settler on Sugar Creek. He and his eldest son had secured title to 500 acrces, Connecticut lands. A few friendly Indians were still in the neihborhood when Mr. Rutty came. Soon after locating he started a nursery, and many of the old orchards in the neihborhood were taken from it. Mr. Rutty was a man of industry and enterprise. While he succeeded well he endured many privations. The first summer provisions were short. He would work until becoming faint and exhausted, then go to the house and drink sparingly of their supply of milk and only food. He shared generously with his neihbors the fruits of his toil; died highly esteemed, 1812. Upon the farm he had improved. Mr. Rutty married Mary Simons, More About Ezra Rutty: Burial: Unknown, Riverside Cemetery. More About Ezra Rutty and Anna Mary Simons: Marriage: 1762 Children of Ezra Rutty and Anna Mary Simons are: +Samuel Rutty, b. June 15, 1770, N. TowandaTwp, Bradford, Pa, d. October 15, 1847, Union, Bradford County, Pa.

• History of the Towandas; also, more here in the same book

• Email from Marie Scovell
  • "Orr Scovell is my gggg grandfather (Orr, Elisha, Stephen K. Elisha, Basil, me). He was born Feb. 27, 1767 & died May 6, 1850. Orr and Mary (Polly) Rutty were married at the home of her parents, Ezra & Mary Rutty on Aug. 22,1793 by the Rev. Ebenezer Martin. Court records for Bradford Co, PA show that "Polly Scovill, by her next of kin, Samuel Rutty Her brother),sued for divorce from Orr Scovell for willful desertion" The divorce was granted Sept,10, 1815 with alimony. Orr & Polly had 4 maybe 5 children; Elisha, Ezra, Datee, Wait, Eliza & maybe Mary (not sure if she is Polly's child because Orr remarried in in 1816 to Lydia Chamness and she may be their child). I have spoken to descendants of Eliza and they believe that Polly ended up living with one of her daughters and that she may have even remarried, later in life. Her daughters Datee married Charles Spencer, Wait married James Garrett and Eliza married Charles Ballenger. Do you know anything about Polly's life after she & Orr divorced?"